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Poster:	William Tell	Date:	Feb 7, 2021 9:16am
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: 'I Believe'

Thanks for posting; if you listen to "that Jerry" you can understand my entire take on the DEAD...this is why I always babble on about the purity (I know, I know...) of the early DEAD and their approach to the music biz, to the fans, to life (in spite their/his many other faults, like poor parenting, etc.).

And of course, we all know what happens--the drugs that come after this AND their (esp his) eventual submission (I think that's as good a term as any) to the "beast" (ie, feeding/paying/supporting their entire group/family/etc.) leads them from roughly the late 70s straight down to the bottom (my view).

He talks so clearly about NOT wanting to become what they clearly became (stadiums, no real "new" music, blah, blah, blah, blah).

Thanks again--as one who lectures anyone and everyone that will hold still, I appreciate good extemporaneous speech!

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Poster:	Reade	Date:	Feb 7, 2021 10:02am
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: 'I Believe'

Never stop the babble, Tell. Babble on bro. It's such good stuff.

Q: "But how do you do accomplish that without bumping egos?"
A: "Well, we bump egos."

And yes, as he got a tad older and invited other things into his life he didn't hold the party line, if you will, forever. But for awhile there these guys were unlike anything ever, in the very best sense possible. When you are lucky enough to find that -or trip over it- in your life, it's worth holding on to. And telling all the young-uns about it, too!